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Customers in Bangladesh will now be able to apply for their UK visit visas, more easily thanks to a new online application form. The new form, called Access UK, offers customers a number of benefits including a shorter form, with questions ordered logically, a mobile friendly format and the ability to download a pre-populated Schengen visa form. The form will ...

The “rush-hour hell” faced by hundreds of thousands of rail commuters was laid bare today, with new figures showing that more than four in 10 are forced to stand on their way to work on some services. Thameslink’s 0700 Brighton to Bedford service was the busiest peak train in the capital in spring last year. It reached its most crowded point with ...

Poplar Baths has re-opened to the public today (Monday 25 July) after nearly 30 years since it closed its doors. The grade II listed building has been lovingly restored to its former glory with a couple of new additions. The building, which has been refurbished by Guildmore, boasts an Art Deco entrance lobby, sports hall, new pools and a café. ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: A Reception was given in honour of retired Indian army officer Maj Gen Ian Gen Cardozo on 26 July at the Bangladesh High Commission, hosted by the Acting High Commissioner Khondker Mohammad Talha in association with Swadhinata Trust and Curry Life Magazine on behalf of the UK Bengali diaspora. Maj Gen Cardozo in his address said. ...

Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith has warned that if his party fails to unite it will open the door to “forces of radical, Right-wing darkness”. Mr Smith said a divided party would mean Labour was out of power for “a long time” and could even “disappear”, leaving the way clear for the political Right. He claimed Jeremy Corbyn lacked the strength ...

The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the three months to the end of June, as economic growth accelerated in the run-up to the vote to leave the EU. Second-quarter gross domestic product grew faster than expected, and was up from 0.4% growth in the previous quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Any uncertainty ahead of the referendum seemed ...

Female students are less likely to aim for top graduate jobs but more likely to land them if they apply, says the Association of Graduate Recruiters. Its survey of leading employers found that, while 54% of students are women, they make up just 47% of graduate scheme applicants. But they took 49% of the posts, the responses by 170 employers ...

Theresa May has vowed to maintain peace and stability in Northern Irelanddespite fears that Britain’s vote to leave the EU will lead to the creation of a “hard border” with the Irish Republic. On her first visit to the province as prime minister, May tried to assuage concerns about a fortified frontier between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. May, while campaigning ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk : The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union — over the resounding objections of two of its constituent nations, in the recent referendum, which will see the UK is leaving the UK, within two years of triggering article 50. Scotland, still nominally a member of the increasingly Ruritanian island state, voted against Brexit to the ...

Tower Hamlets has been included among five ‘Low Emissions Neighbourhoods’ set up across eight London boroughs, by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. An £11million fund has been set up to help some of London’s most polluted boroughs implement new hard-hitting measures to tackle toxic air quality hot spots and emission fumes. Measures include strict new penalties for the most ...